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Believe it or not, I wasn’t looking for another cat. We had eight already, and yes, they’re all indoor cats, and even though I really, really, REALLY love cats, even I thought that eight was enough. Mostly I worried about upsetting the delicate balance of the social order by adding more. I think that cats…

I have sat on your keyboard and erased the message which you had spent twenty minutes writing Forgive me the keyboard felt so warm on my cold paws. ************ I woke you at four a.m. with piteous cries and yowls when you were planning to sleep until seven Forgive me it was so dark and…

Who can say cats aren’t holy? Spirit incarnate living poem sacred offering modern totem or maybe the god of love himself come to earth. Notes: My favorite cat, Chipotle, inspired this poem. There he is in the photo! I have been trying and failing to write an acrostic poem for days now. I know,…

This week, I’m celebrating my students’ work and sharing some of their blog posts that I’ve enjoyed most over the past couple of weeks. If you have a moment to click through and leave a comment, I know they’d be thrilled. Reflections on NCTE15 Kelsey is now my colleague, and I learned so much…

It’s been a difficult week and a difficult Saturday. I’ve sat down to write this post several times and just can’t get it done. It’s supposed to be a celebration–only I keep falling into complaint. In the spirit of “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all,” I gave myself permission not…

I’m participating in Ruth Ayres’s weekly Celebration. This week, I’m celebrating cats! I haven’t posted any cat photos for awhile, and I am sure that all my readers have been wondering what has been happening in my cats’ lives over the past few weeks. (Hint: it involves a lot of sleep.) I have six indoor…

Visit Ruth Ayres’s blog to see what others are celebrating this week. I am really enjoying my classes this semester. So three of my celebrations focus on things that happened at work. (And feel free to check out our course hashtags and join our conversations!) 1. In #contemplitclass, we read and discussed Junot Diaz’s linked…